The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

in my experience one thing you don't learn from is anything anyone set up to be a lesson; what you are to know you pick up as you go along.

A Bowen, in the first place, made Bowen's Court. Since then, with a rather alarming sureness, Bowen's Court has made all the succeeding Bowens.

All my life I have said, "Whatever happens there will always be tables and chairs"--and what a mistake.

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.